=========================================== CommTraffic® v.3.0 Copyright © 2003-2006, TamoSoft =========================================== July 12, 2006 ======== Contents ======== * About CommTraffic * System Requirements * Installing CommTraffic * Uninstalling CommTraffic * Ordering * Contacting Us * What's New * Other Products by TamoSoft * Credits ================= About CommTraffic ================= CommTraffic is a network utility for collecting, processing, and displaying traffic and network utilization statistics for both LAN and dial-up computer network connections. When monitoring a LAN segment, CommTraffic shows traffic and network utilization statistics for each computer in the segment. CommTraffic has a highly customizable, intuitive interface that displays statistics in graphical and numeric form. The program's main window can be customized to display incoming, outgoing, and summary traffic statistics in a variety of styles. The program allows you to set time and traffic limits to reflect the rates set by your ISP. Once the limit is approached, the program will alert you by playing a sound and displaying a message. CommTraffic allows you to generate an array of reports that reflect network traffic volume and Internet connection expenses. Its unmatched reporting capability allows you to view traffic statistics by local hosts, remote hosts, IP protocols and remote/local TCP/UDP ports. The program supports virtually any rate plan your ISP might use, such as those based on connection time, traffic volume, time of the day, and other measures. This ensures that you are always aware of your Internet connection expenses. =================== System Requirements =================== * Pentium II of higher * Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 or Windows XP 64-bit Edition on AMD Opteron or Athlon64 * Internet Explorer 4.0 SP1 * 32 MB RAM * 5 MB of free disk space ====================== Installing CommTraffic ====================== * Unzip the ZIP archive to a temporary folder. * Double-click setup.exe to execute it. * Setup will guide you through the rest of the installation process. ======================== Uninstalling CommTraffic ======================== * Choose Uninstall from the CommTraffic program group. OR: * Open the Windows Control Panel. * Double-click the "Add/Remove programs" icon. * Search the list for the item "CommTraffic" and double-click on it. ======== Ordering ======== Please check our web site for the latest product offerings and prices: http://www.tamos.com/order/ ============= Contacting Us ============= Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Bug reports? Don't hesitate to contact us. WWW: http://www.tamos.com E-mail: support@tamos.com ========== What's New ========== Version 3.0 * Simultaneous monitoring of multiple network adapters and providers * The service can accept connections from multiple consoles * A new, improved setup wizard * Fully reworked network traffic processing engine to improve performance and reduce log file size * Improved tools for working with statistical data * Alarms can be used to send e-mail notifications * Improved report printing and previewing * Data exchange between the service and console is compressed to reduce bandwidth utilization * Many other interface and functionality enhancements ========================== Other Products by TamoSoft ========================== CommView® CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and Local Area Network (LAN) activity and is capable of capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through your dial-up connection or Ethernet card and decodes the analyzed data. With CommView, you can see the list of network connections and vital IP statistics and examine individual packets. Packets are decoded down to the lowest layer, with full analysis of the most widespread protocols. Full access to raw data is also provided in real time. CommView is a helpful tool for LAN administrators, security professionals, network programmers, or anyone who wants to have a full picture of the traffic going through their PC or LAN segment. CommView® for WiFi CommView for WiFi is a powerful wireless network monitor and analyzer for 802.11 a/b/g networks. Loaded with many user-friendly features, CommView for WiFi combines performance and flexibility with an ease of use unmatched in the industry. CommView for WiFi captures every packet on the air to display important information such as the list of access points and stations, per-node and per-channel statistics, signal strength, a list of packets and network connections, protocol distribution charts, etc. By providing this information, CommView for WiFi can help you view and examine packets, pinpoint network problems, perform site surveys, and troubleshoot software and hardware. SmartWhois® SmartWhois is a handy utility for obtaining information about any IP address, hostname, or domain in the world. Unlike standard whois utilities, it automatically delivers information associated with an IP address or domain no matter where it is registered geographically. In just a few seconds, you have all you want to know about a user: domain, network name, country, state or province, and city. Even if the IP address cannot be resolved to a hostname, SmartWhois will not fail! Essential NetTools™ Essential NetTools is a set of network tools useful in diagnosing networks and monitoring your computer's network connections. It's a Swiss Army knife for everyone interested in a set of powerful network tools for everyday use. The program includes a NetStat utility that shows your computer's network connections and open ports and maps them to the owning application. It also features a fast NetBIOS scanner, a NetBIOS Auditing Tool for checking LAN security, and a monitor of external connections to your computer's shared resources. There is a process monitor that displays information about all the programs and services running on your computer as well. Other useful tools are included such as: Ping, TraceRoute, and NSLookup. Additional features include report generation in HTML, text, and comma delimited formats and a customizable interface. The program is an easy-to-use and powerful replacement for such Windows utilities as nbtstat, netstat, and NetWatcher. It incorporates many adv anced features that standard Windows tools cannot and do not offer. DigiSecret® DigiSecret is an easy-to-use, secure, and powerful application for file encryption and sharing. It utilizes strong and time-proven encryption algorithms for creating encrypted archives, self-extracting EXE files, and sharing files with your associates and friends. DigiSecret also includes powerful and intelligent file compression; you no longer need .zip files when you can have encrypted and compressed DigiSecret files. The program is integrated with the Windows shell. You can perform operations on files by right-clicking on them. It also fully supports drag-and-drop operations. NetResident™ NetResident is an advanced network content monitoring program that captures, stores, analyzes, and reconstructs network events such as e-mail messages, Web pages, downloaded files and instant messages. NetResident uses advanced monitoring technology to capture the required data from the network, saves it to a database, reconstructs it, and displays this content in an easy-to-understand format. While NetResident is similar to network analyzers in many respects, it focuses on high-level protocols that are used to transfer content over the Internet or LAN. With NetResident, you don't need a profound understanding of networking technologies, have to use complex packet capturing and analysis software, or dig through network packets in order to reconstruct the actual data; NetResident does all the work for you and presents only the Web pages, e-mails, instant messages, or downloaded files as requested. NetResident is used by network administrators to enforce IT policy, parents to monito r their children's communication on the Internet, and by forensic experts to gain crucial information. You can learn more about these products at http://www.tamos.com/products/ ======= Credits ======= This program contains software licensed from Walied Othman.